View source for LST 171

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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during 
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
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LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship<br/>
Laid down October 20 1942 - Launched February 28 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS LST-171'''<br/>
Commissioned June 4 1943 - Decommissioned May 21 1946<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register July 3 1946<br/>
Sold September 26 1947 to the Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, MD for scrap
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the 
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for 
example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same 
ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). 
Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't 
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date 
range for covers on that page.
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<li>[[USS LST-171_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1944)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a 
separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, 
the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one 
postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of 
earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an 
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN 
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
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>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
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Postmark<br/>Date</th>
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<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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POSTMARK DATE
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
LST-171 earned seven battle stars for World War II service<br/>*
'''Eastern New Guinea operation'''<br/>
Saidor occupation, January 2-11 and February 4-7 1944<br/>*
'''Bismarck Archipelago operation'''<br/>
Cape Gloucester, New Britain, December 26-28 1943<br/>
January 22-25<br/>
January 30 to February 2 1944<br/>
Admiralty Island landings, February 29 to March 4<br/>
March 7-11 1944<br/>*
'''Hollandia operation'''<br/>
April 21-26 and May 1-7 1944<br/>*
'''Western New Guinea operation'''<br/>
Biak Island operation, May 28 to June 9 1944<br/>
Cape Sansapor operation, July 30, August 4, 6-12 and 14-19 1944<br/>
Morotai landings, September 15 1944<br/>*
'''Leyte operation'''<br/>
Leyte landings, October 13-28 and November 12-29 1944<br/>*
'''Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines'''<br/>
Visayan Island landings, March 26 and April 4 1945<br/>*
'''Borneo operation'''<br/>
Tarakan Island operation, April 27 to May 5 1945<br/>
Balikpapan operation, April 27 to May 5 and June 28 to July 7 1945<br/><br/> 
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (7) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)
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